Brooklyn Arts Council
Brooklyn, NY 11201 United States (718) 625-0080
Upcoming Events
Special Event
In Times Like These: Mourning and Remembering from Guyanese Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn was disproportionately impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the Endangered Language Alliance, “the most linguistically diverse stretch of neighborhoods in Brooklyn, from Borough Park to Canarsie and including major Jewish, Caribbean, and post-Soviet diaspora communities, has the highest number of cases in the borough.” Due to the isolation requirements, death and burial rituals were also taken away. Before we can properly #BuildBackBetter, it is necessary for us to mourn and honor those that we have lost due…
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Performance
Brooklyn Beatz Coronavirus Live
Songs and stories that give tools for living are embedded in folk and traditional arts practices. Join us to hear the finalists of our Brooklyn based Corona Songs competition, live! These songs feature traditional arts components to raise awareness to stem the spread of coronavirus in New York City, and inspire hope. Multilingual songs are encouraged.
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Performance
Lullabies and Songs for Comfort in Folklife
In partnership with the Center for Art, Tradition, and Cultural Heritage (CATCH), this program will be led by five cultural activists that have been researching the state of lullabies in the following cultural communities Himalyan (Nawang Gurung), Bangladesh (Nazir Ahmed), Ghanaian (Samuel Owusu-Sekyere), Gambian (Salieu Suso), Sri Lankan (Aaron Paige) and Sicilian (Simona Gua). These leaders will share lullabies and other songs of comfort found in a variety of cultural communities across New York City. This program will feature Russian…
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